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Cascade Festival of African Films and The Nyback Show

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Portland Community College has hosted the Cascade Festival of African Films for 34 years, inviting filmmakers from the African diaspora to Oregon and welcoming the community to attend screenings free of charge. This year's festival co-directors, Eugenie Jolivett Fontana ... Read more

Back at Last !

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with lots of music to help you clean up after our recent winter storm. Featured in the second hour will be a repeat presentation of Katherine Dunn reading a short story of local politics titled Tight Shoes by Daymon Runyon. Set in the years of the Great De... Read more

Lincoln High School Mural

Airs at: Tue, 01/23/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artists Shu-Ju Wang and Lynn Yarne about the new mural at Lincoln High School called Restoration Roadmaps. They talk about how they used historical documents to come up with the design of animals and plants surro... Read more

Stephen O'Donnell, author of Half-Light

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Stephen O’Donnell, author of the new story collection Half-Light. Stephen is a Portland-based painter, whose work is widely collected both here in the U.S. and abroad. He’s best known for his self-portraiture, working mainly in the genre known... Read more

Repeat from Nov. 6, 2023 featuring Rebecca starring Ida Lupino

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Due to this winter weather and lots of extra work Fortunato has had to send in a show from last November featuring a radio adaptation of Rebecca starring Ida Lupino and lots of music. Will be back with a new show next week. Read more

Playful Presence: Conversation with a Painter/Nomad

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Playful Presence
Taj talks with Roxanne Patruznick, who paints and lives a nomadic lifestyle. More info on Roxanne's art:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/GummyEmpire More info on Taj's creativity coaching: https://www.tajbaker.com Read more

Film at 11 for 19 January, 2024, looks at some old and new films

Airs at: Fri, 01/19/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Today,  we are joined by Matthew of KBOO’s Gremlin Time to reach into the past and look again at The Rocketteer, based on the distinctive comic book, followed by a compare and contrast with the recent animated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. But first,  we offer a whir... Read more

Chris Chandler

Airs at: Tue, 01/16/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Chris Chandler about his show Elemental Forms, which is on now at Elizabeth Leach Gallery through March 2. Chandler talks about his use of typeface as a starting point in abstraction, his analog vers... Read more

Katherine Dunn reads Runyon & Dick Powell appears as Diamond

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/16/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight we reair a couple of cozy stories for a winter evening set in mid 20th Century New York City. Up first, Katherine Dunn reads Damon Runyon's Tight Shoes, a story about local politics.  And in the second hour, Dick Powell returns as Private Eye Richard Diamond who fin... Read more

Heriberto Montes de Oca: Caballero Águla; Morphosis in Blue

Airs at: Fri, 01/12/2024 at 10:00pm - Sat, 01/13/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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